CMP Rimfire Sporter
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Registration at 0830, Safety
Brief/Match begins at 0900.
The match is fired with rimfire rifles firing .22 long rifle
ammunition.
The rifle with sights and magazine must weigh no more than 7.5 lbs
and have at least a 3 lb trigger pull.
You can shoot a semi-auto or manually-operated rifle as long as it
has at least a 5 round magazine capacity.
This match is not
intended for inexperienced shooters.
Shooters must be
completely familiar with safe handling of firearms.
Shooters must also be
competent in loading, unloading, and firing the particular rifle
they plan to shoot.
There are three rifle classes:
T-Class for traditional rifles having scopes or
rear peep-sights.
O-Class for traditional rifles having open or
iron sights.
TU-Class for rifles with non-traditional
configurations having either open, aperture, or optical sights.
The new TU (tactical and unlimited) class incorporates the
previous tactical class but has been expanded to include many
previously disallowed stock and barrel configurations.
The only match type gear allowed is a spotting scope and shooting
mat.
Please read the
CMP Games Rulebook for the official details
about this match.
We typically shoot two matches so
bring enough ammunition for both matches plus extra for sighting
shots.
Each match consists of 60 record shots.
10 shots each in the following strings:
- Slow fire prone - 50 yds
- Rapid fire prone - 50 yds
- Slow fire sitting or kneeling - 50 yds
- Rapid fire sitting or kneeling - 50 yds
- Slow fire standing - 25 yds
- Rapid fire standing - 25 yds.
There is a sighter period at the beginning of the match. 5
minutes, unlimited rounds.
Slow fire strings are fired in 10 minutes.
Rapid fire is conducted in 2 strings of 5 shots each. 25
seconds for semi-auto and 30 seconds for manually operated rifles.
CMP award pins are given to shooters based on their total
scores.
Click
Here
for the current CMP cut scores for awards.
Contact
RimfireSporter@ccrpc.net
for more information.